Easel Update: August 2017

In the last Easel Update, I promised that the next post in this series would feature more exciting subject matter.

Well, consider that promise fulfilled, as this month, every sketch features an actual, bonafide superhero or villain – all taken from the (admittedly obscure!) stable of artist Andy Smith’s 90s comics series, The First Man.

First up, we have a sketch of superheroine Penumbra. This was my first attempt at a more polished figure drawing, and as such, there are some issues with the basic anatomy.

The main problem area is the torso, with the waist much too chunky, and the breasts poorly rendered, too. The inking is also a little off in places (especially in the face), and the colours are very basic (although as with all these pieces, the colours weren’t meant to be the focus).

That said, the foreshortening here isn’t too bad – all the limbs are in proportion and the perspective is about right. All in all, not a terrible first effort.